Constituency
514. Bankura
Community mirrorWest Bengal · India Lok Sabha Election, 1967
IN-BANKURA
CPI 46.5%won by 11.5%INC 35.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (CPI), which now leads by 11.5%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- CPI vote shareCPI went from 0.0% to 46.5% of the vote here (+46.5%).
- TurnoutTurnout rose 17.6% to 49.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
5,20,725
Turnout
49.8%
Valid votes
2,59,170
Margin
29,770
11.49%
Candidates
5 contested · winner CPI- 1J. M. BISWASCommunist Party of India · CPI1,20,59046.5%
- 2A. GHOSEIndian National Congress · INC90,82035.0%
- 3P. BANERJEEIndependent · IND16,5666.4%
- 4P. R. MAHATOBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS16,2136.3%
- 5P. C. KUNDUIndependent · IND14,9815.8%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPIflipped
- CPI–INC swing
- +62.6%
- CPI share
- 0.0% → 46.5%
- INC share
- 51.1% → 35.0%
- Turnout
- 32.2% → 49.8%